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Judge Jerome B. Friedman

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Jerome B. Friedman.

Judge Jerome B. Friedman has 11,726 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1993 and 2010, most often Product Liability and Contract matters. The most common causes of action are Patent Infringement, Fair Labor Standards Act, and ERISA.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President William Clinton
Confirmed
11/07/1997
Status
Retired
Born
1943 · Newark, NJ

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

11,726
Lawsuits
0
Open
11,726
Terminated
1993–2010
Span
10,242 of these cases (87%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 0 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 0 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 0 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 0 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 11,726 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1993peak 3,453 open2010

Case Types Over Time

19932010
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19932010

Case Types

Product Liability10,242
Contract446
Civil Rights396
Labor253
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions117
Personal Property / Fraud68

Where Filed

  • District Court, E.D. Virginia11,726
Clustered litigation · MDL 10,242 Product Liability member cases 87% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation and managed together before this judge — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 10,242 member cases →

1,484 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 1,484